The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 13

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  • The dinner ended in a cloud of tension.

  • On the drive home, Lysander steered in stony silence while Navier gazed out the window, feeling

  • nothing but emptiness.

  • Then came the screech of tires.

  • Both looked up to see a car careening out of control straight toward their lane.

  • Before Navier could react, there was a deafening crash. Their car lurched violently, then everything

  • spun.

  • Navier’s head slammed against the window. Darkness rushed in, swallowing her whole.

  • Somewhere in the haze, she heard Lysander’s ragged breathing.

  • Forcing her eyes open, she saw his arm stretched across her body as if to shield her.

  • A flicker of warmth ignited in her chest.

  • But the next moment, her heart turned to ice.

  • Lysander wasn’t shielding her at all–he was protecting the necklace lying next to her–the one Ophelia Belmont had given him.

  • Blood smeared across the delicate silver chain, and Lysander didn’t even seem to notice his own

  • injuries.

  • A thin crack ran through the necklace. His eyes flashed with distress as he pulled out his phone and

  • made a call.

  • I need a necklace repaired. Immediately.”

  • felt an indescribable wave

  • the passenger seat, severely injured, covered in blood, in too much pain to move–yet he hadn’t

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  • hadn’t even called an ambulance. Instead, he staggered out of the car, focused only on repairing that

  • her body giving out.

  • she saw before

  • Was his back.

  • room, harsh lights shone

  • she heard a nurse’s anxious voice. “We can’t reach her husband! No one’s

  • a man just disappear when his wife is in this condition? What could possibly be more important

  • smile twisted

  • Lysander’s mind, Ophelia and anything associated with her obviously mattered more

  • wife’s life.

  • sign… myself…” Navier whispered,

  • no

  • and shakily signed her name on

  • felt like it drained the last of her strength.

  • how much time had passed when

  • in all that time–Lysander never once

  • was busy with the necklace’s restoration. He had no time for

  • her discharge, Navier’s injuries were still far from healed. She

  • wheelchair.

  • to remember he had a severely injured wife from

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